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during that time that my parents were gone, working here in the u.s., i would look at the mountains and think my parents were on the other side of those mountains. post a word as you grow up -- which is where we borne? >> guest: i was born in mexico and a little town that nobody has heard of. but when i mentioned, it is three hours away. >> host: when did your parents come to the united states? how old were you? >> guest: my father came in 1877 when i was two years old and he sent for another three years later. savanna that came in 1980 when i was four and a half years old. poster wanted to come to the united states? >> guest: i came to the united states in 1985. in may of 1985 i was nine and a half, going on 10. >> host: what can you tell us about coming to the united states? what was your track? >> guest: well, i'd been separated from my father for eight years come this when he to mexico, my siblings and i convinced him to bring us back here because he wasn't going to come back to mexico and we didn't want to spend any more time separated from him. so we take him to bring us here. my
during that time that my parents were gone, working here in the u.s., i would look at the mountains and think my parents were on the other side of those mountains. post a word as you grow up -- which is where we borne? >> guest: i was born in mexico and a little town that nobody has heard of. but when i mentioned, it is three hours away. >> host: when did your parents come to the united states? how old were you? >> guest: my father came in 1877 when i was two years old and he...
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reverse the original position suggesting that the u.s. withdraw? was kennan in that majority ended the idea of the formation of a wideman developed from biscuits -- mcnamara was the essential -- to the you believe was central? >> guest: the whiz kids and wives to 4 different. the with kids are mcnamara's advisers when he takes over the pentagon codify and defense policies. they're coming out of think tanks and they are young and strategists and mathematicians. the wise men where an informal group of advisers called in by lbj. kennan was never part of that group. kennan came out publicly against the war in vietnam. in 1966 before the senate foreign relations committee -- lbj would not have invited kennan to the white house as one of the wires men. as far as i can tell kennan went to the white house once in the johnson administration and that was the ill-fated arts and humanities festival that lbj tried to organize in spring of 1965 as the war was escalating. it was so disastrous that lbj him upstairs through most of the proceedings. kennan is often
reverse the original position suggesting that the u.s. withdraw? was kennan in that majority ended the idea of the formation of a wideman developed from biscuits -- mcnamara was the essential -- to the you believe was central? >> guest: the whiz kids and wives to 4 different. the with kids are mcnamara's advisers when he takes over the pentagon codify and defense policies. they're coming out of think tanks and they are young and strategists and mathematicians. the wise men where an...
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the u.s. formal possession of the region on december 30th of 1803 exactly one month later on february 1st, 1804 jefferson wrote a letter in which he confessed to, quote, giving the leisure moments to the perusal of his work on population. though careful to the acknowledged that his work was indeed one of, quote, sound logic, jefferson insisted that the english and's theories could not be applied to the united states. jefferson concluded to the contrary that in america, "of cnn's extent of on cultivated and fertile land enables everyone who will labor to very young so you don't have to delay marriage and jefferson's america you can marry young and raise a family of any size. if he claims that america's burgeoning population forced territorial expansion, jefferson inverted the logic. he asserted the virtually limitless ability of american land assured that the practical purposes there could be no such thing as excess population. jefferson reassured, quote, however multiplied it becomes effective
the u.s. formal possession of the region on december 30th of 1803 exactly one month later on february 1st, 1804 jefferson wrote a letter in which he confessed to, quote, giving the leisure moments to the perusal of his work on population. though careful to the acknowledged that his work was indeed one of, quote, sound logic, jefferson insisted that the english and's theories could not be applied to the united states. jefferson concluded to the contrary that in america, "of cnn's extent of...
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the u.s.-led invasion of iraq which syria opposed, and syria was turning a blind eye to cross into iraq to kill u.s. soldiers and allied soldiers. there was a reason why they did that. they wanted the bush doctrine to fail and they thought they were next on the hit list so they would do anything they could to help make this happen. one high-level syrian official told me later on, he said of course they were helping iraq. we wanted our guys to kill them. that is why we went into iraq. we wanted to get them out and get them through and you guys would kill them. and when he survived, particularly after the assassination of former lebanese prime minister in february 2005 that was blamed on syria by most of the international community and the pressure just escalated exponentially after that against syria. people in late 2005 for counting the days when the assad regime, there were syrian expatriates and organizations that were just waiting to move in. but he survived that and i think that really cre
the u.s.-led invasion of iraq which syria opposed, and syria was turning a blind eye to cross into iraq to kill u.s. soldiers and allied soldiers. there was a reason why they did that. they wanted the bush doctrine to fail and they thought they were next on the hit list so they would do anything they could to help make this happen. one high-level syrian official told me later on, he said of course they were helping iraq. we wanted our guys to kill them. that is why we went into iraq. we wanted...
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this is booktv on c-span. >> in an interview at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, aaron o'connell talked about the history of the u.s. marine corps. it's about 15 minutes. >> host: welcome as part of the tvs university series and would like to visit campuses across the country and talk with professors who are also authors. this week, we are at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. joining us is professor aaron o'connell, who is also the author of this book, "underdogs: the making of the modern marine
this is booktv on c-span. >> in an interview at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, aaron o'connell talked about the history of the u.s. marine corps. it's about 15 minutes. >> host: welcome as part of the tvs university series and would like to visit campuses across the country and talk with professors who are also authors. this week, we are at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. joining us is professor aaron o'connell, who is also the author of this book,...
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so here again is one person. >> host: what grade would you give the u.s. military, the pentagon, demented untried administration and how they are dealing with these wounded warriors? >> very low-grade. they do a number of things that are correct that i didn't put in the book. one is the way time until you get help. there's a lot of paperwork. they get tired or they don't have money. you have to wait too long to get help. if you wait too long, you commit suicide. they will put in their computers date they saw them as the date that they actually asked for. and so they say publicly that had a 90% rate of responding to veterans. they don't. i would say a 40%. so they are not equipped to deal with the millions of people coming home that are traumatized, one dead, upset. they are not dealing with them all. >> host: as we wrap up, marguerite, and palaces for change to? the writing of this book, how did it change you? >> guest: it changed me enormously. see i didn't know much about the military and i was an antiwar activist when i was yelling. and now i think, it'
so here again is one person. >> host: what grade would you give the u.s. military, the pentagon, demented untried administration and how they are dealing with these wounded warriors? >> very low-grade. they do a number of things that are correct that i didn't put in the book. one is the way time until you get help. there's a lot of paperwork. they get tired or they don't have money. you have to wait too long to get help. if you wait too long, you commit suicide. they will put in...
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the u.s. government looked the other way. sheridan and sherman repeatedly advocated letting the army managed the reservations. but they were foiled by the indian bureau and its contractors, lobbyists and rational supporters. in 1878, sheridan vented his frustration to sherman, writing, we have occupied this country can't take it away as public domain to register at its roots in game come up, penned about the reservations and reduced into poverty. for humanity's sake, let us give him enough to beat and integrity in the agence overhead. sheridan questioned whether treaties and military camp paints have been the best way to deal with the plains and spirit rather than better, sharon rocha and if the indians had received kind treatment administered the steadiness injustice. in 1872, yellowstone became the first national park. sheridan always had shown a keen interest in the region. he sent for expeditions into the park, beginning in 1871. in 1882, sheridan personally led a major expedition to the park. it was then that he learned
the u.s. government looked the other way. sheridan and sherman repeatedly advocated letting the army managed the reservations. but they were foiled by the indian bureau and its contractors, lobbyists and rational supporters. in 1878, sheridan vented his frustration to sherman, writing, we have occupied this country can't take it away as public domain to register at its roots in game come up, penned about the reservations and reduced into poverty. for humanity's sake, let us give him enough to...
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hot to rethink u.s. big brother or little brother both of the constitution's are based on magnet card up. one day you will wake up to say i am just like my parents. >> very comprehensive. [laughter] and i school was voted most likely to be comprehensive. >> we have an oil problem but how does one attics oil help another attics get over its problem? >> let us reiterate that after reassume the presidency we will then turn it around to make it ourselves in mike will fix a couple of these but short-term logistically there is a great demand here we have a vast supply there. in the short-term not as the fifth year solution the five-year. was just give it to you. remember energy security that is talked about, is your best ally but not according to president obama which is like mom. the fed is an issue you have to spend the money overseas to secure oil if we turn on the tap that is not necessary then you can downsize. if that is really the line we are the solution. >> we're working on a plan for cars to run on m
hot to rethink u.s. big brother or little brother both of the constitution's are based on magnet card up. one day you will wake up to say i am just like my parents. >> very comprehensive. [laughter] and i school was voted most likely to be comprehensive. >> we have an oil problem but how does one attics oil help another attics get over its problem? >> let us reiterate that after reassume the presidency we will then turn it around to make it ourselves in mike will fix a couple...
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i can show him for $1.25 billion, we can get transformative tax reform in the u.s. congress in three years or less. now he is worth 52 billion. he gives 3 billion a year to the gates foundation, which is on the board. and you know how many billions of dollars can be saved and redirected on tax reform every month? we have to think big before going to to achieve long overdue, big reforms in our country. last one is getting on the field, letter leap. we have a week of fans group. we have turned into a nation of spectators, as fewer and fewer superb at a get more and more money. and while we watch them, we eat and we drink and most of us are not chewing on carrots or drinking nutritious smoothies. and so we get bigger and heavier and more out of shape. and so many of us are watching sports at the city officials say, why ask and then upgrade neighborhood recreation facilities? even the kids are watching. in middle-school they sort themselves out and watch their superior athletes and set up they themselves. we need unorganized spores. we need on professionals worse. we ne
i can show him for $1.25 billion, we can get transformative tax reform in the u.s. congress in three years or less. now he is worth 52 billion. he gives 3 billion a year to the gates foundation, which is on the board. and you know how many billions of dollars can be saved and redirected on tax reform every month? we have to think big before going to to achieve long overdue, big reforms in our country. last one is getting on the field, letter leap. we have a week of fans group. we have turned...
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. >> professor wayne hsieh between the war of 1812, civil war come 1861, by 1861 did the u.s. for the south professional armies? >> they did. it's very small and successful as a place where you see it happen its greatest success. but the problem is in 1861 it's a little over 16,000 officers and the officer corps will split so there is a professional army that is very small and has to be dispersed again and for that reason the early american armies in the civil war are actually quite poor really in their proficiency. they learn quickly but they learned the hard way, and that's one of the reason west point is catapulted to prominence because they are the only people with any kind of expertise and they immediately rely on very quickly and therefore they are given a disproportionate amount of influence but the irony again is that most of the -- de conquer during the mexico can pan with an army that's usually about 104,011,000. this is the third of the size of the army much smaller dvr me you see at places like gettysburg and scott is the only person that has much experience and by
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on the day of the impeachment in the u.s. senate she is having a meeting with a campaign team about the new york campaign. in many respects she goes back and becomes the person she was as a student at yale, a centrist, a consensus person building bridges, listening to people, finding out what they want to have happen. she becomes incredibly successful. she builds bridges. among her best friends are john mccain and lindsey graham. so they are now in a very different place. he always was an effective economic president and almost redeems himself by bringing peace to the middle east. she is off doing incredibly important work in new york and she becomes an independent person one more time. they are still together, they still are in love but now she is the person in charge and her career is at stake. we have never had this kind of story in the american white house. we have never had this kind of personal chemistry, personal chemistry which both incredibly enriches our understanding of what to face during those years and also leav
on the day of the impeachment in the u.s. senate she is having a meeting with a campaign team about the new york campaign. in many respects she goes back and becomes the person she was as a student at yale, a centrist, a consensus person building bridges, listening to people, finding out what they want to have happen. she becomes incredibly successful. she builds bridges. among her best friends are john mccain and lindsey graham. so they are now in a very different place. he always was an...
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. >> u.s. naval academy professor wayne hsieh "west pointers and the civil war" the name of your book. the old army in the war and peace is the subtitle. first of all, what you mean by the old army? >> the old army is a term commonly used by historians. actually from the time period referring to the indian army, the indian fighting army. there's a joke he told army is the army before every war. there's a bunch of old armies. my book actually starts really with a professional was asian of the american army after the war of 1812 enzus. so it's about how that process occurs and the old army how that plays out in the civil war. >> give us a snapshot of what the old army prior to the war of 1812 was like. >> the old army before the war f-18 12th and this is going on the historical literature, the army before the war of 1812 was nonprofessional. the officer corps is mostly obtained positions through political influence at part of the american political patronage system and as a consequence they are n
. >> u.s. naval academy professor wayne hsieh "west pointers and the civil war" the name of your book. the old army in the war and peace is the subtitle. first of all, what you mean by the old army? >> the old army is a term commonly used by historians. actually from the time period referring to the indian army, the indian fighting army. there's a joke he told army is the army before every war. there's a bunch of old armies. my book actually starts really with a...
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>> it was a secret program with response to u.s. supreme court decision. the u.s. supreme court had reversed the convictions of communist party leaders on the ground that it wasn't illegal just to be on the communist party. the government needed to show that the communist party members were actively involved in trying to overthrow the government. so this put a big crimp in hoover's operations, and he began the clientele program the counterintelligence program. a secret operation was aimed at the fbi's own words disrupting and neutralizing people and the first was focused on the communist party.d onthat startes on the socialist workers party. there wa new left and another one on white hate groups, and another one, the fbi called the black nationalist hate groups. in the files concerning the university of california, do you see the documents where, for example, on mario the fbi goes beyond collecting information and using that information to try to disrupt and neutralize people who were engaged in a non-violent civil disobedient. >> i'm over here. how're you doing? i
>> it was a secret program with response to u.s. supreme court decision. the u.s. supreme court had reversed the convictions of communist party leaders on the ground that it wasn't illegal just to be on the communist party. the government needed to show that the communist party members were actively involved in trying to overthrow the government. so this put a big crimp in hoover's operations, and he began the clientele program the counterintelligence program. a secret operation was aimed...
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. >> 19 years in the u.s. in april, 15th and 18th in san jose. people from all over the world talking about psychedelics. >> do you have literature? >> we do. >> yeah. >> thank you. [laughter] >> just as a throw out, later started a bunch of things, one of which was called prison project, nothing to do necessarily with psychedelics, but it did all of the other comp -- complimentary things on practice. can you say anything about that, about the saving vision, but the project -- he never let go of that ball. >> yeah, no. >> he was the guy who kept in on that. >> like i said and like you mentioned about what houston said on psychedelics, the question is -- yeah, you can have a religious experience, but do you live a religious life, a good life, spiritual life? what do you do with the experience? he's an example of someone who never renounced psychedelics and probably tripped every once in awhile, but he basically, you know, he was inspired to start of lot of charitable organizations including the ones you mentioned in the foundation, and, you know,
. >> 19 years in the u.s. in april, 15th and 18th in san jose. people from all over the world talking about psychedelics. >> do you have literature? >> we do. >> yeah. >> thank you. [laughter] >> just as a throw out, later started a bunch of things, one of which was called prison project, nothing to do necessarily with psychedelics, but it did all of the other comp -- complimentary things on practice. can you say anything about that, about the saving vision,...
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is save the u.s. an estimated 12,000 barrels of oil per day that we used 9 million barrels of oil per day so this is a literal drop in the bucket. there was a short-term bruised and car sales followed by a quick drop off, no long-term increase in car sales and the cost to the taxpayer was $24,000 per car. i am not an economist but that sounds like a lot of cars. >> adding to it insults and injuries he brought up the price of used cars so eradicated whatever benefit there was. >> about the other thing, there are carbon emissions in building new cars and we we took old cars and smashed them. and then barack obama also ignored, we also know one of the common complaints that george bush consistently put in the mode of it industry and above the motive of the epa because he was big boy is -- of -- big oil and big business and you know the rigmarole. barack obama did the exact same thing. the epa said we need to decrease fog levels because fog is killing people and barack obama said no its it's not good for
is save the u.s. an estimated 12,000 barrels of oil per day that we used 9 million barrels of oil per day so this is a literal drop in the bucket. there was a short-term bruised and car sales followed by a quick drop off, no long-term increase in car sales and the cost to the taxpayer was $24,000 per car. i am not an economist but that sounds like a lot of cars. >> adding to it insults and injuries he brought up the price of used cars so eradicated whatever benefit there was. >>...
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u.s. soldiers the love of liberty was different from british charity per growth through 1815 cities and towns across the nation through dinners and dances in honor of jackson. he attended many of these. as a victory tour. celebrating the coming of peace to repeat them at -- the myth of jackson saved the women of the country from rape. celebrants offered a toast with the feelings of patriotism and duty opposed to the watchword of beauty and beauty. jackson would raise his glass. the myth became over and into the national fabric. popular song said paradise how new orleans is aimed to wealth and beauty there is girls and of every hue. so if he was lucky he had the girls and cotton bags in spite of old kentucky. interestingly the story of beauty and beauty show white men and black men of new orleans fighting side-by-side to protect women of every hue from gaining style attacks of british forces. contemporaries celebrated jackson's victory to make claims the british had claimed to target black
u.s. soldiers the love of liberty was different from british charity per growth through 1815 cities and towns across the nation through dinners and dances in honor of jackson. he attended many of these. as a victory tour. celebrating the coming of peace to repeat them at -- the myth of jackson saved the women of the country from rape. celebrants offered a toast with the feelings of patriotism and duty opposed to the watchword of beauty and beauty. jackson would raise his glass. the myth became...
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that is really not available in in the u.s. anymore and i think that is really messed up a lot of men and that is really something that men have had a hard time recovering from. >> host: . [inaudible] >> guest: somebody said something so obvious that i hadn't thought of. and a talent in alabama that i write about you do not call yourself a feminist. they are christians so they don't like the situation where they are suddenly -- they don't believe they should be the head of their household but they find themselves in this position. they basically started the bottom and weight -- worked their way up but if you ask someone if he was making a lot of money and doing pretty well to start again in the bottom, that's harder. it's harder for the women for whom even if they don't call themselves feminists and don't want to be in a position, you are suddenly making a paycheck and learning new schools and learning new things about yourself. that's easier than to ask a guy to start from the bottom again or to say hustle so i got a sense eve
that is really not available in in the u.s. anymore and i think that is really messed up a lot of men and that is really something that men have had a hard time recovering from. >> host: . [inaudible] >> guest: somebody said something so obvious that i hadn't thought of. and a talent in alabama that i write about you do not call yourself a feminist. they are christians so they don't like the situation where they are suddenly -- they don't believe they should be the head of their...
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it saved the u.s. an estimated 12 million barrels per oil a day, but we is 9 million euros of oil per day. so this visit will drop in the bucket. there is a short-term boost in car sales followed by a quick drop of come in a long-term increase car sales in the cost of the taxpayer was $24,000 per car. i am not an economist, but that sounds like a really expensive car. >> adding insult industry, and out of new cars, which meant people of older cars caught on to the mugger and probably eradicate whatever benefit there was. >> that the other thing. there's carbon emissions to building new cars and magical tires smashed them. and then barack obama also ignored -- we know one of the common complaints is that george bush consistently put the notice of industry about the motives of the epa because he was big oil and big business and you know the rigmarole. barack obama did the exact same thing. the epa said we need to decrease smog levels because smog is killing people. barack obama said no, it's not good for
it saved the u.s. an estimated 12 million barrels per oil a day, but we is 9 million euros of oil per day. so this visit will drop in the bucket. there is a short-term boost in car sales followed by a quick drop of come in a long-term increase car sales in the cost of the taxpayer was $24,000 per car. i am not an economist, but that sounds like a really expensive car. >> adding insult industry, and out of new cars, which meant people of older cars caught on to the mugger and probably...